his name is Zachary. and he's a non-smoker who likes tater tots.

a little conversation between addi and i on our way to the grocery store one evening...

addi: mom, what does "a crush" mean?

me: well, it can mean a lot of things. but for the most part it probably means when you like someone.

addi: like when i liked thomas? (one of the cutest boy ever! he went to preschool with her. she was head-over-heels for this boy)

me: yeah. like that.

addi: well...i have a new crush then (*shy smirk*)

me: WHAT?!?! you do?? who???

addi: his name is zachary (*said with a smile*)

me: ooooo...i love that! zach and addi. what does he look like?

addi: he has blonde hair. he's a little taller than me.

me: is he really cute?

addi: yeah

me: what color are his eyes?

addi:...ummm...either blue or brown...

(okay...*confused face*...so obviously that means pink is out)

me: what do you like about him? what makes you like him?

addi: he's really good at figuring things out. like really good.

me: what do you mean?

addi: well, in class when there's a problem he's always the first one to figure it out.

me: so he's really smart. like your daddy!

addi: yeah. and he's always first for everything! he's always the first in line. he's always the first one to the playground. the first one to the lunch table. i like that.

me: so he's smart and a take-charge kind of guy, just like your daddy! i like guys like that too. just look at your daddy!

addi: what do you mean? i don't see daddy anywhere.

me: i meant figuratively. take a look at how smart and take-charge your daddy is. he's a brain surgeon for crying out loud!

addi: yeah. you're right. daddy always figures things out first. even before you! (gee...thanks addi) and he does surgery on the smartest part of the body...the brain! daddy really is smart! he's so smart he does surgery on people's smartness!

me: so true addi. so true :)

having this little conversation with my one and only daughter made me hopeful that when she gets older we won't have to worry about derelict boyfriends who have tattoos, smoke cigarettes, leave oil stains from their 1995 thunderbird in our driveway, talk her into skipping school and coming home after curfew, before finding her perfect man. (what? that's all figurative too. not like i ever dated those kind of guys...danielle, zip it!) this girl's only five and already she knows what she wants / likes in a man boy! and she already knows that anything less just will not do :)...pleasegodletthisbeture...

i also think it's very sweet that she has a crush on a boy that has the same dominant characteristics as her daddy.


xoxo
michelle

p.s. on friday when i was dropping her off at school, i was givng her a hug and a kiss when a little blonde boy, eerily similar to a 5yr old version of her daddy, walked by and said, "hey addi!" as he waved at her walking up to the school. she, all cool and calm said, "hey". as i hugged her again i asked, "who was that?" and she said, smiling ear to ear, "that's zach".

what, what, what?? i just saw zach!!! he's so cute! and tall. i like tall guys too *wink*